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You're the only customer in the supermarket and have five small-to-medium size items in your basket. For the sake of argument, let's say: a pint of milk, a jar of peanut butter, a box of cereal, a loaf of bread and a tin of baked beans. To paraphrase Louis Armstrong, you have all the time in the world. On one side, the…
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Hi Im looking into bouncy castle hire business or similar. Im currently employed in a job I detest and have been off with stress a number of months . I have been looking at similar jobs but I can only imagine ending up on the same situation within a few years 40 year old pharmaceutical supplier (warehouse worker) Im a…
Relying on income from GBP interest in UK bank as I live cheaply overseas. Worry that my income will be affected if the GBP crashes with the possible near future political chaos in the UK ....or do I just read too much news!? Anyway what would be a safer alternative to keeping gbp in the ISAs in UK bank. If I change it to…
Morning! plant to open a bank account with a building society. However they dont offer a debit cards and the only way to take money out of the account is to visit them in the branch as they give you a pass book to do this The account is called a "Manchester easy access saver" with the option of a "Nominated bank account"…
I just made my first mortgage overpayment. We bought a 5 bed Victorian terraced house in the East Midlands in April 16 that has been badly neglected. It needs everything doing, it has been let out on a room by room basis and used as a rental machine. Now it is our family house (4 kids = one bedroom each!!). So far I have…
Whilst working overseas in the UAE from 2000 to 2011 my company set up an 'overseas' pension scheme administered in Jersey. The company (local to UAE) and I contributed to my pension fund. I stopped contributing when I left the country and moved to China. I continued to be Tax non-resident until 2022 when i started a job…
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